Monday, April 24, 2017

Real Life Minecraft

So this week we went over to a member's house and helped him break upthis giant rock in his crawl space. Elder Burila and I went at it for4 hours with pickaxes, shovels, and hammers trying to make a paththrough this rock to his water heater. It was way fun but the next daymy hands were super sore.We also cleaned Lucas's room this week, it was awful. We took a videobut it was legit so gross I've decided not to send it haha. There wasprobably 5 years worth of dog hair in there, tons of spider webs, andfood that was no longer recognizable. The entire house is the same waythough, so now Lucas's room is this little corner of cleanliness,hopefully he can keep it that way.Hmmm what else. Elder Burila and I made some sweet ties that we arewearing in the district pics. We call our district The Sistrict (Istole it from Emily Henry) because Elder Burila and I are the onlyElders ✌🏻. Also in the picture is a drawing of the Plan of Salvationthat Elder Burila and I use that spells out love.We had a ward party Saturday evening and it was pretty fun, there wastons of food and lots of games. I honestly love this ward so much, allthe members are super chill and the youth are cool as well. Transfersare in two weeks so pray that I get to stay here in Staunton!!I've been thinking a lot this week about the phrase "people don't carehow much you know until they know how much you care" I can honestlysay this is SO true. Unless I truly love people it's impossible for meto teach them. Example: We met this guy last week who was a totalweirdo, he had a crazy haircut, shaved eyebrows, and his apartment wascovered in little kids toys and legos, and this is like a 27 year olddude. The first lesson went well but I didn't feel the spirit superstrong because I was just judging him hardcore. The next lesson thoughI tried really hard to love him and it was awesome!! I felt the spiritenter the lesson and it turns out he's actually really cool!! I knowthat as we strive to love people and see them as God does then we canhelp them come closer to the Savior.Well that about wraps up this week, love you guys!Elder Critchfield 🙏🏻107 Community WayApt. 522Staunton, VA 24401Pics1. The Sistrict2. The Sistrict 2

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Elder Ethan Critchfield

Elder Critchfield is serving a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Virginia Richmond Mission. He reported to the Missionary Training Center on August 10, 2016.

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Elder Ethan Critchfield

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"The Holy Ghost shall be thy constant companion, and thy scepter an unchanging scepter of righteousness and truth; and thy dominion shall be an everlasting dominion, and without compulsory means it shall flow unto thee forever and ever."